Pack 1776’s Supernova Awards
Nine Arrow of Light Scouts from Cub Scout Pack 1776 earned the Dr. Charles H. Townes Supernova Award this February 2021. The Dr. Charles Townes Supernova Award is Cub Scouting’s highest STEM Award and can be earned by Webelos/ Arrow of Light scouts. Pack 1776 serves boys and girls attending the Coyote Creek and Bella […]
NYLT Leadership Training
The Scouts BSA NYLT course presents what a leader must BE, what a leader must KNOW and what a leader must DO, by applying modern leadership and team development theories in a co-ed environment. Participants camp, work, play and learn – living a month in the life of a model troop condensed into an intense […]
STEM – Spring Escape Rooms
The GGAC STEM Committee is offering three Escape Room themed Nova Awards opportunities for Cub Scouts: 1-2-3-Go! (Numbers & Cryptography), Fearful Symmetry (Design symmetry through geometry), and Science Everywhere (Science & the Environment). For Scouts BSA, we are offering Whoosh! where we will study machines and design in motion using Minecraft as our tool.
COVID-19 Update – 01/26/21
January 26, 2021: All Council camps and service centers are closed to visitors. Considering the current increase of COVID cases and the imminent triggering of the Order, GGAC recommends no in-person unit meetings or activities. If in-person meetings or activities are needed and permitted by the Order and local authority (city or county), units should […]
Troop 11’s Christmas Tree Cleanup
On January 9th, Alameda Boy Scout Troop 11 launched its 49th annual Christmas Tree Pick Up and Recycling program. The service project has become a holiday tradition for Alameda. The first Christmas Tree Pick Up event started as an Eagle Scout project by Harold Zecher, Jr. in 1972, well before the county offered recycling programs. […]
Pack 800’s Clean-Up Day
With our traditional group service projects currently on hold, Pack 800 invited each Pack family to clean up the area around them as part of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of service. Although we did not work together as a large group, we were able to make several positive impacts throughout the community. For example, […]